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<h1 class="topictitle1">Importing Archive Storage Copies</h1>
<div><p id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001792505002__en-us_topic_0000001792505430_p4418105261114">Archive storage copies can be imported on the <span id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001792505002__en-us_topic_0000001792505430_text185071514756">OceanProtect Appliance</span>. If <span id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001792505002__en-us_topic_0000001792505430_text109691156132714">OceanProtect Appliance</span> is faulty and archive copies cannot be used for restoration, connect the archive storage to another cluster. You can import the metadata of a copy to a new cluster using the copy import function. Then, the copy can be used for restoration.</p>
<div class="section" id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001792505002__en-us_topic_0000001792505430_en-us_topic_0000001091431193_section095013491921"><h4 class="sectiontitle">Prerequisites</h4><p id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001792505002__en-us_topic_0000001792505430_p7363141717408">An archive storage has been added.</p>
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<div class="section" id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001792505002__en-us_topic_0000001792505430_section1340133518719"><h4 class="sectiontitle">Precautions</h4><ul id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001792505002__en-us_topic_0000001792505430_ul64501319341"><li id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001792505002__en-us_topic_0000001792505430_li1945015110349">Importing an archive copy will import all metadata of the copy to <span id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001792505002__en-us_topic_0000001792505430_text2136920141319">OceanProtect Appliance</span>. The copy generation mode changes from <strong id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001792505002__en-us_topic_0000001792505430_b467110551283"><span id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001792505002__en-us_topic_0000001792505430_text780631818915"><strong>Archive</strong></span></strong> to <strong id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001792505002__en-us_topic_0000001792505430_b1999205810815"><span id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001792505002__en-us_topic_0000001792505430_text1083815911817"><strong>Import</strong></span></strong>.</li><li id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001792505002__en-us_topic_0000001792505430_li62891417347">Currently, archive storage copy import is supported only for VMware, Oracle, HDFS, HBase, NAS file systems, and NAS shares.</li></ul>
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<div class="section" id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001792505002__en-us_topic_0000001792505430_section768325052919"><h4 class="sectiontitle">Procedure</h4><ol id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001792505002__en-us_topic_0000001792505430_en-us_topic_0000001091431193_ol283013814525"><li id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001792505002__en-us_topic_0000001792505430_en-us_topic_0000001091431193_li1570821013536"><span>Choose <span class="uicontrol" id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001792505002__en-us_topic_0000001792505430_en-us_topic_0000001839144717_en-us_topic_0000001091431193_uicontrol123381932135316"><b><span id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001792505002__en-us_topic_0000001792505430_en-us_topic_0000001839144717_text3591711162920"><strong>System</strong></span> &gt; <span id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001792505002__en-us_topic_0000001792505430_en-us_topic_0000001839144717_text134875310309"><strong>Infrastructure</strong></span> &gt; <span id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001792505002__en-us_topic_0000001792505430_en-us_topic_0000001839144717_text78169323429"><strong>Archive Storage Library</strong></span></b></span>.</span></li><li id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001792505002__en-us_topic_0000001792505430_en-us_topic_0274211889_en-us_topic_0224938451_li18900716111720"><span>On the <span class="uicontrol" id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001792505002__en-us_topic_0000001792505430_uicontrol48115514412"><b><span id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001792505002__en-us_topic_0000001792505430_text49713445424"><strong>Object Storage</strong></span></b></span> tab page, click <strong id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001792505002__en-us_topic_0000001792505430_b1094823719296"><span id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001792505002__en-us_topic_0000001792505430_text2298330588"><strong>More</strong></span></strong> on the right of an archive storage system and select <strong id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001792505002__en-us_topic_0000001792505430_b142351526304"><span id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001792505002__en-us_topic_0000001792505430_text10806458133315"><strong>Import Archive Storage Copy</strong></span></strong>.</span></li><li id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001792505002__en-us_topic_0000001792505430_en-us_topic_0223232371_li51656395"><span>In the dialog box that is displayed, click <span id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001792505002__en-us_topic_0000001792505430_text20961626967"><strong>OK</strong></span>.</span></li></ol>
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